Nathaniel Philbrick - Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution ...

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Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.

Nathaniel Philbrick

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Viele von uns waren von unserer Jugend weg und dachten, dass die Amerikaner Patrioten waren, die gegen die unterdrückenden Briten kämpften. Es war eine Art von Gut gegen Böse, Freiheit gegen Tyrannei. Wenn Sie sich damit befassen, stellen Sie fest, dass es viel komplizierter war.

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